Kathleen Edwards and The Last Town Chorus at the Varsity Theater, Minneapolis (May 2nd, 2008)

Kathleen Edwards - The Cheapest Key Kathleen Edwards      Tour Dates 05/03/08 Majestic Theatre - Madison, WI 05/05/08 Uptown Grill - LaSalle, Illinois 05/06/08 The Duck Room - St. Louis, MO 05/07/08 Knuckleheads Sa - Kansas , MO 05/09/08 Fox Theatre Boulder, CO 05/12/08 Santa Fe Brewing  - SF, NM 05/13/08 Club Congress - Tucson, AZ 05/14/08 Belly Up - Solana Beach, CA 05/16/08 Troubadour - Los Angeles, CA 05/17/08 Sings Like Hell  - SB, CA 05/20/08 The Independent - SF, CA 05/22/08 Sasquatch Festival  WA 05/24/08 Troubadour - Los Angeles, CA 05/25/08 Elements Victoria, BC 05/26/08 Richards on Richards Cabaret Vancouver, BC 05/28/08 Grand Theatre Calgary, AB 05/29/08 Starlite Room Edmonton, AB 07/25/08 Pemberton Festival, BC The Last Town Chorus drops off tour on May 22nd Read More The Last Town Chorus http://weheartmus... I am kind of excited to see that Megan Hickey, aka The Last Town Chorus, has a new single out cal...

Kathleen Edwards ♥ photo by Vu Last Town Chorus ♥ photo by Vu

 

I don't think I've ever seen a band change their instruments so many times in a course of a show. Take a look at their setlist for evidence.

Canadian country rocker, Kathleen Edwards, plays to a crowded room at the always elegant Varsity Theater. There's definitely a vibe of some old fans as well as new ones who might've discovered her on the Country Music Television or her recent appearance on David Letterman.

You can feel guitarist and husband Colin Cripps talking to Edwards with his guitar, and overall had some great showmanship banter with their audience of mostly older couples.

My favorite part of the show was when Edwards tells us about how she bought 1,000 tubes to make magnets by hand... and eventually gave up after doing only about 200 (edit: although she plan on creating all 1,000 tube magnets).

Opening up for Edwards was the angelic The Last Town Chorus, aka Megan Hickey. 

On stage, Hickey uses a red box that she calls her "band". It is basically music tracks that she probably recorded (looped perhaps?) as backing music.

The David Bowie cover, "Modern Love", had a little more umph when played live and definitely a song worth listening to, especially after Hickey's long intro to the song.

The Last Town Chorus - Loud and Clear

I also thought her new song, "Loud and Clear" is much better played live. It's a little faster and, I don't know, more exciting, I suppose to see her hitting and pounding and sliding and shredding her lap steel guitar.

If these women are playing in your town, definitely check them out. They both put on a great show.

 05/03/2008 02:21:06  vu my♥posts kathleenedwards.com thelasttownchorus.com

-Lisa wrote: Sat, May 3, 2008 at 11:08 AM

Megan of The Last Town Chorus opening for Kathleen Edwards at the Music Mill in Indianapolis, IN on April 30, 2008. ♥ photo by -Lisa

[this is good] I was at their show in Indianapolis on 4/30, but have neglected to review it yet. Freaking amazing.

It was TLTC's first show with the backing tracks, I believe. I think she was nervous about how it was perceived by the audience. Megan was funny and if the crowd didn't fall in love with her music, I'm sure they at least fell in love with her personality. Kathleen and band were brilliant. I also really enjoyed the guitar interaction between Kathleen and Colin. I wished the evening would have lasted longer. I'm jealous that your setlist appears to be a few songs longer than the one I got.

I took some videos.
Kathleen:
6 O'Clock News
Copied Keys
Cheapest Key (in the middle of this one she sings happy birthday to Jim)
TLTC:
Loud and Clear
Caroline

I also took some photos and they're here.